Page 14.723.6traditional and interactive engagement style introductory courses. ,where SBefore is the average test score from the pre-examination, SAfter is the average test scorefrom the post-examination, and the 100% denotes the maximum achievable test score of 30.In comparison with previous published data for the FCI test5, the of 0.266 compares wellwith that of traditional courses where it varies from 0.09 to 0.26 and interactive engagement (IE)courses where it varies from 0.18 to 0.67. Because the students in this course received a higheraverage mark on the pretest than those in the study, a better indicator is a comparison of theslope line of % vs. % as measured in Figure 1
agreements, shared professional development to align pedagogy and curriculum, andoutreach to potential transfer students. There was also regular feedback to community collegefaculty on the success of their transfer students. A second strategy employed was Momentum tothe Baccalaureate (MB), an adaption of the CUNY Accelerated Study in Associate Programs,ASAP (2). MB provides support for junior and senior-level transfer students who are eithercommunity colleges associate degree graduates (external transfer) or associate degree graduateswho transferred to bachelor’s programs at the same comprehensive college they earned theirassociate degree at (New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York),which has a 2+2 degree structure
tested with a combination of homeworkassignments, quizzes, midterm examinations, and final examinations. After the womeninstructors redesigned the courses, several changes were implemented into the course syllabiThese changes included hands-on activities and community-based projects to enhance thestudent’s engagement and knowledge application in the courses. Similarly, The AE 100 studiowas handed off to a teaching team of women, which resulted in a shift in the course to focus onend-users and the importance of designing buildings for occupants. These changes can becategorized into three types: Experimental and Demonstrative, End-Users and Social Impact, andDesign Project.Experimental and DemonstrativeThe first way in which the courses were
, especially if it’s actively used asan instruction tool during the semester. Students reported that concept mapping enhanced theirunderstanding of the course material.IntroductionThe field of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) education is always in need of dynamicand engaging teaching methods. However, traditional lecture-based approaches often fall short.While they offer structure, their presentation of one topic at a time can make it difficult forstudents to form connections and logic between topics. It’s difficult to ’see’ the complete pictureand understand the intricate connections among concepts. Furthermore, this type of passivelearning through lectures may not be sufficient to engage students. It can also limit the student’sactive
visits may prevent all studentsfrom engaging fully, as some may miss opportunities to ask questions or interact with expertsdue to factors such as limited access to professionals and individual traits like shyness [4].Although construction site visits remain a crucial part of construction engineering education,opportunities to observe real-world construction are not confined to formal visits. Students livingin urban areas often encounter various construction activities in their day-to-day lives, such aswhile commuting to school. Figure 1 shows several examples of active construction sites locatedwithin half a mile of one of the universities participating in this project.Construction activities observed in students’ daily environments, along with
University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe goal of this paper is to discuss efforts to engage and inspire engineering students by addingentrepreneurial course content and creating relevant extra-programmatic opportunities. Threeprimary mechanisms discussed in this paper include 1) entrepreneurship-specific coursemodifications to both a first-year engineering course and to a second-year engineering designcourse (including collaboration with business faculty and students), 2) creation ofentrepreneurially-relevant extracurricular clubs, activities, and events for students on campus and3) introduction to extra-university interaction opportunities for engineering students interested inentrepreneurship with both the private sector and with students
begun and will continue to make lasting curricular and extracurricular impacts on the campuscommunity.We have begun envisioning how to work with the 2012-2013 cohort. We will again cap thegroup at 44 students—the maximum course enrollment for two sections of the requiredhumanities courses and an amount that warrants housing them together—and have the studentsbe involved with official on-campus and community service events. Additionally, we want tocontinue offering and planning relevant and frequent activities. This year’s activities haveproved successful; however, certain experiences with this year’s students have taught us what toavoid in the future years in terms of structuring activities. For instance, in September 2011 wehad the students
range of design concepts and prevent personality from dominating concept generation. Documentation was included before and after each drop to compare hypotheses to actual performance. The project was implemented with 23 students working in 6 teams, and took 3 hours of class time for the hardware portion of the project. After the water balloon project, the same teams worked on a larger 80 hour deign project carried out over 3 weeks. At the end of class a survey was administered which asked how the water balloon exercise impacted effectiveness in the larger design project. The largest impact was in increasing effectiveness in the Design Process
and K-12 levels. Dr. Realff is the founding director of the Effective Team Dynamics Initiative (ETD) which delivers on the vision that Georgia Tech will be a community where everyone’s unique contributions are recognized. ETD cultivates a supportive, productive, and harmonious learning community grounded in strengths-based collaboration. Her operational leadership and strategic oversight has resulted in the initiative impacting 6500 undergraduate and graduate students and 1600 post docs, faculty, and staff in just the past five years. The initiative partnered with the Center for Teaching and Learning to develop the curriculum and train faculty and staff as certified facilitators to deliver its content. Dr
. Initial student reviews of classes taught with the flipped classroom model andmultiple instructors have been positive. It is expected that the use of multiple instructors in aflipped classroom environment improves pedagogical effectiveness and helps to reinforce coursematerial. In this study, the authors hope to determine the impact of multiple instructors on theflipped classroom model using a qualitative study of current systems engineering graduatestudents at the University of South Alabama. The study will consist of a survey with a focus on:student-faculty communication, reinforcement of course material, and pedagogical effectiveness.IntroductionFlipped classrooms have become a popular form of pedagogy which drives student interest
interdisciplinary collaboration has resulted in work within UIC’s Innovation Center as the dedicated design faculty and resource for many differing disciplines. Her involvement focuses on providing guid- ance and education on the research and development process for doctors, faculty, and students of all levels and backgrounds. Kimberlee has had a significant impact on the world of design having developed products for many promi- nent brands such as McDonald’s, Kraft, and Hefty. She recently started her own design studio: 5by5 design lab – a product development firm that services companies from around the world. Kimberlee balances out her research and professional pursuits through her design teaching – which has not only
Press of America, 2005), Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Morgan &Claypool, 2010), Engineering Education for Social Justice: Critical Explorations and Opportunities (Springer, 2013), and Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice (IEEE-Wiley, 2018) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Student learning about engineering and corporate social responsibility: Acomparison across engineering and liberal arts coursesAbstractThe growing literature examining engineering students’ attitudes and learning about socialresponsibility focuses on the professional and personal dimensions of engineers’ responsibilities[1]–[4]. Knowledge of how engineering
AC 2012-5179: IDEATION COMPETITION: CREATING LINKAGES BE-TWEEN BUSINESS AND ENGINEERINGDr. Chad Milewicz, University of Southern Indiana Chad Milewicz is an Assistant Professor of marketing in the University of Southern Indiana College of Business. He specializes in marketing strategy, with a particular focus on marketing public goods and organizations, and innovations in pedagogy, with a focus on experiential learning and community engagement. His work on innovations in pedagogy has been featured at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference and the Marketing Management Association Conference, and in the Marketing Education Review.Dr. Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern IndianaDr. Kerry S. Hall
Doors for All: Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Engineering Education Model Inspired by the ASEE Mindset ReportI. IntroductionIn recent years, ASEE, in partnership with other national organizations such as the NSF, NAE,NAB, and the broader engineering community, has engaged in a multi-year effort to create a setof high-impact recommendations to transform the landscape of engineering education in the 21 stcentury. The 2018 ASEE and NSF report, Transforming Undergraduate Education inEngineering [1], emphasized that the engineers of tomorrow must possess “deep expertisewithin a single domain, broad knowledge across domains, and the ability to collaborate withothers in a diverse working environment.” This vision has been echoed in
Sustainability would help studentsin the writing and design course think more systematically about the costs, benefits, payback, andlife-cycle impacts of their project designs.For the fifth year of the program, we integrated the Introduction to Sustainability course tocomplete the sequence and allow students to experience the iterative nature of design by framingtheir campus problem-solving in regional and global contexts. By linking the science behind globalenvironmental issues and the contexts in which sustainability issues are framed, we think students’design and communication skills will improve by building these connections. Integrating the threecourses allowed us to conduct one sequence of three linked projects, with emphasis on
(ASME) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).This will strengthen the students ties to engineering making the transition to another majorunattractive.The evaluation plan for this project component centers on implementing an assessment model forevaluating the effectiveness of instructional tools. Additional impact areas for the comprehensiveproject include student learning and engineering retention rates. Concomitant with existingliterature on the evaluation of student learning8, college student retention9, 10 and outcomes-basedinstruction11, 12, it is important to adopt a multidimensional approach to evaluation andassessment. Thus, the evaluation plan for this project is formative and summative; it alsoincorporates a
methods designs, in engineeringeducation are scarce. By applying a network-analytic model to visualize design procedures,specifically ego network analysis, and typologies of integration strategies, we can map themechanisms by which engineering education researchers perform integration in their studies.From these networks, ego networks of integration strategies can be generated that can informscholars inside and outside the field how previous studies have combined different methods. Thedirect impact on the field is a comprehensive examination of integrative procedures inengineering education research adaptable to various mixed methods designs. IntroductionMethodological reviews of mixed methods research in
and processes.E. The ability to function effectively on teams.F. The ability to identify, analyze and solve technical problems.G. Effective communication.H. Recognition of the need for, and the ability to engage in lifelong learning.I. Knowledge of ethical and social responsibility expected of professionals working in the ___ engineering technology field.J. Respect for diversity and a knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and global issues.K. Commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.L. Competence in the use of the computer as a problem solving and communications tool.M. Specialized expertise in a single M. The ability to apply project M. The ability to apply projecttechnical field
and Hazardous Waste Course targeted to the Developing WorldAbstractThis paper compares and contrasts three courses related to Solid and Hazardous WasteManagement: one new course module on Hazardous Waste that was taught at the UNESCOInstitute for Water Education to 21 students from around the world in Summer 2006, and thetraditional Solid and Hazardous Waste courses taught in the U.S. as part of the B.S. and M.S.programs. The UNESCO course module was geared to emphasize hazardous waste problemsand approaches that are appropriate in the developing world. Traditionally, the U.S. coursesfocus on issues common in industrialized countries. However, some of the UNESCO coursecontent can be added to U.S. courses to
how team dynamics affect undergraduate women’s confidence levels in engineering.Dr. Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder Malinda Zarske is a faculty member with the Engineering Plus program at the University of Colorado Boulder. She teaches undergraduate product design and core courses through Engineering Plus as well as STEM education courses for pre-service teachers through the CU Teach Engineering program. Her primary research interests include the impacts of project-based service-learning on student identity - es- pecially women and nontraditional demographic groups in engineering - as well as pathways and retention to and through K-12 and undergraduate engineering, teacher education, and
evaluation, but with attention tostudent engagement with the ABET 2000 student outcome h that students have “the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,environmental, and societal context.” This might be best explored through short reflectionassignments. The instructor of record could assign a number of assignments throughout thecourse, asking students to reflect on context issues. Students could be awarded points forcompletion, but we, as a research team, could review and analyze them to help us understandhow the students are thinking about context issues or why they are attracted to environmentalissues rather than issues around bodies.ConclusionThe University of San Diego’s commitment to
. Page 25.545.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Gender and Tenure Effects on Engineering Faculty Attitudes toward Service-LearningAbstractWe report on the attitudes towards and impacts of service-learning (S-L) within the College ofEngineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a medium-sized engineering college at apublic university, with results differentiated by S-L implementation, gender and tenure status.The S-L program in question has been active for 7 years in the form of single semester projectsrelevant to the community and carried out by engineering students as a part of their requiredcoursework, with approximately half of the faculty providing
science of hair. In our first year of the camp, we devised a lesson onrace and hair to help students think about the ways their ancestry and cultural conditioninginfluenced their hair texture and hairstyle choices. We knew the girls would be using an AFMmicroscope as part of the hands-on learning at the camp, thus combining a conversation aboutrace and ancestry with the ability to observe differences in hair under the microscope would helpstudents connect social issues with laboratory methods. As the GAMES girls tend to be abouttwo thirds white, we also thought introducing small group and intergroup interaction would be animportant way to engage on this topic12.We began the lesson, led by Dr. Kathryn Clancy, with a discussion question: What do
://wise4.berkeley.edu). WISE hasbeen widely used by teachers and students around the world for science education and hasdemonstrated impact on inquiry learning from upper elementary through high school2. Over100,000 students internationally have used WISE projects, including projects in English,Norwegian, German, Dutch, Japanese, and Cantonese. Although developed initially for themiddle to high school level, WISE has also been used to support computer science education atthe university level. WISE also serves as a platform for educational researchers to gain valuableinsight about student learning3,4. WISEngineering leverages core functionality of the WISEsystem, including assessment, teacher monitoring, and researcher tools. WISE
. [Accessed: Jun. 24, 2024].3. K. J. Donovan, J. J. Kellar, M. West, S. D. Kellogg, W. Cross, and C. M. Birrenkott, "Board 326: Investigating Creativity, Confidence, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset through Curricular Modification and Community Engagement," presented at the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2023.4. K. Donovan, J. Kellar, M. West, C. Birrenkott, S. Kellogg, D. Mitchell, and M. Whitehead, "Investigating the Impact of Arts on Student Learning by Introducing Glass Science in the Materials Engineering Curriculum," presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.5. K. J. Donovan, J. Kellar, M. K. West, C. M. Birrenkott, M. Whitehead, S. Kellogg, and D. Mitchell, "South Dakota Mines Art + Engineering
tool was implemented in a computer science course with both in-person andonline sections. Analysis of collaboration metrics – such as role adherence, role rotation, andteam consistency – revealed positive outcomes across both formats. These findings demonstratethe tool’s potential to foster effective and equitable collaboration in diverse learningenvironments. Future work will examine its impact on students’ sense of belonging andcollaborative learning outcomes.1 IntroductionCollaborative learning has been shown to improve students’ sense of belonging [1], learningoutcomes [2], and retention by increasing engagement and working memory resources [3].However, the benefits of collaboration can diminish when effort distribution is inequitable
posted notes. In this work, we are focusing on how studentsused posted notes and the impact this had on student attendance, learning, and perceptions.IntroductionIn the last five years tablet PCs have become prevalent in discussions and studies of highereducation pedagogy, but their usage is not ubiquitous. Tablet PCs are laptop computers that havea touch sensitive screen that responds to a stylus input. This enables the integration of materialprepared before class with hand-written annotations during class. Recent advances have madetablet PCs less expensive and more reliable and thus more available in higher educationclassrooms. They are, however, relatively new to the classroom and the sphere of theirimplementation is modest. Some possible
], perhaps one mightcreate interdisciplinary skill-building groups where students from different divisions bring theirstrengths together to work on small tasks. To foster community-engaged partnerships betweenuniversities and the local community, perhaps one might create service learning groups thatinvolve both students and community members.While we started with exploratory reading groups, we have now begun to explore more generalsmall group formation processes to understand what makes it hard for people to find others tolearn or do activities together with in small groups [24]. As we develop a better understanding ofthis, we see interesting opportunities for the design of new platforms and processes that canfacilitate small group formation, and
institution.At the midpoint focus groups, teams discussed engaging in activities that built the credibility ofthe project, such as incorporating feedback from stakeholders, updating their messaging,connecting to industry partners, or realigning their goals with faculty interests. One team learnedthat students attached negative connotations to one of the pedagogical changes the team wasimplementing. This team decided to shift their messaging to focus on the bigger purpose of theirchange project in order to avoid students’ negative perceptions. Another team had organizedfaculty working groups. When this team encountered a new question from the faculty about howbeneficial one of their changes would be, a faculty working group assessed faculty opinions
community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt served on the ASCE Body of Knowledge 3 committee and the Program Criteria Task Committee. Bielefeldt is a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include community engagement, sustainable engineering, so- cial responsibility, ethics, and diversity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Future World Vision integrated into a First-Year Civil Engineering CourseAbstractCivil engineering (CE) has faced stagnant or declining enrollments in recent years, in contrast tomajors such as mechanical engineering that have been increasing